diff --git a/packages/assets-controllers/src/TokenListController.test.ts b/packages/assets-controllers/src/TokenListController.test.ts
index ca7c556d1f7..02a30c67d3a 100644
--- a/packages/assets-controllers/src/TokenListController.test.ts
+++ b/packages/assets-controllers/src/TokenListController.test.ts
@@ -1295,13 +1295,13 @@ describe('TokenListController', () => {
   });
 
   describe('executePoll', () => {
-    it('should call fetchTokenList with the correct chainId', async () => {
+    it('should call token service fetchTokenList function with the correct chainId', async () => {
       nock(tokenService.TOKEN_END_POINT_API)
         .get(`/tokens/${convertHexToDecimal(ChainId.sepolia)}`)
         .reply(200, sampleSepoliaTokenList)
         .persist();
 
-      const spy = jest.spyOn(tokenService, 'fetchTokenList');
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(tokenService, 'fetchTokenListByChainId');
       const controllerMessenger = getControllerMessenger();
       controllerMessenger.registerActionHandler(
         'NetworkController:getNetworkClientById',
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ describe('TokenListController', () => {
     it('should start polling against the token list API at the interval passed to the constructor', async () => {
       jest.useFakeTimers();
       const pollingIntervalTime = 1000;
-      const spy = jest.spyOn(tokenService, 'fetchTokenList');
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(tokenService, 'fetchTokenListByChainId');
 
       const controllerMessenger = getControllerMessenger();
       controllerMessenger.registerActionHandler(
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ describe('TokenListController', () => {
       };
 
       const fetchTokenListSpy = jest
-        .spyOn(tokenService, 'fetchTokenList')
+        .spyOn(tokenService, 'fetchTokenListByChainId')
         .mockImplementation(async (chainId) => {
           switch (chainId) {
             case ChainId.sepolia:
diff --git a/packages/assets-controllers/src/TokenListController.ts b/packages/assets-controllers/src/TokenListController.ts
index 66b3a38e6b7..da31c728fd6 100644
--- a/packages/assets-controllers/src/TokenListController.ts
+++ b/packages/assets-controllers/src/TokenListController.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   formatAggregatorNames,
   formatIconUrlWithProxy,
 } from './assetsUtil';
-import { fetchTokenList } from './token-service';
+import { fetchTokenListByChainId } from './token-service';
 
 const DEFAULT_INTERVAL = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 const DEFAULT_THRESHOLD = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ export class TokenListController extends PollingController<
       } else {
         // Fetch fresh token list
         const tokensFromAPI: TokenListToken[] = await safelyExecute(() => {
-          return fetchTokenList(chainId, this.abortController.signal);
+          return fetchTokenListByChainId(chainId, this.abortController.signal);
         });
         if (!tokensFromAPI) {
           // Fallback to expired cached tokens
diff --git a/packages/assets-controllers/src/token-service.test.ts b/packages/assets-controllers/src/token-service.test.ts
index 7e168dd6cc6..1420d107874 100644
--- a/packages/assets-controllers/src/token-service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/assets-controllers/src/token-service.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { toHex } from '@metamask/controller-utils';
 import nock from 'nock';
 
 import {
-  fetchTokenList,
+  fetchTokenListByChainId,
   fetchTokenMetadata,
   TOKEN_END_POINT_API,
   TOKEN_METADATA_NO_SUPPORT_ERROR,
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ const sampleDecimalChainId = 1;
 const sampleChainId = toHex(sampleDecimalChainId);
 
 describe('Token service', () => {
-  describe('fetchTokenList', () => {
+  describe('fetchTokenListByChainId', () => {
     it('should call the tokens api and return the list of tokens', async () => {
       const { signal } = new AbortController();
       nock(TOKEN_END_POINT_API)
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ describe('Token service', () => {
         .reply(200, sampleTokenList)
         .persist();
 
-      const tokens = await fetchTokenList(sampleChainId, signal);
+      const tokens = await fetchTokenListByChainId(sampleChainId, signal);
 
       expect(tokens).toStrictEqual(sampleTokenList);
     });
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ describe('Token service', () => {
         .reply(200, sampleTokenList)
         .persist();
 
-      const fetchPromise = fetchTokenList(
+      const fetchPromise = fetchTokenListByChainId(
         sampleChainId,
         abortController.signal,
       );
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ describe('Token service', () => {
         .replyWithError('Example network error')
         .persist();
 
-      const result = await fetchTokenList(sampleChainId, signal);
+      const result = await fetchTokenListByChainId(sampleChainId, signal);
 
       expect(result).toBeUndefined();
     });
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ describe('Token service', () => {
         .reply(500)
         .persist();
 
-      const result = await fetchTokenList(sampleChainId, signal);
+      const result = await fetchTokenListByChainId(sampleChainId, signal);
 
       expect(result).toBeUndefined();
     });
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ describe('Token service', () => {
         .reply(200, sampleTokenList)
         .persist();
 
-      const result = await fetchTokenList(sampleChainId, signal, {
+      const result = await fetchTokenListByChainId(sampleChainId, signal, {
         timeout: ONE_MILLISECOND,
       });
 
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ describe('Token service', () => {
       .reply(404, undefined)
       .persist();
 
-    const tokens = await fetchTokenList(sampleChainId, signal);
+    const tokens = await fetchTokenListByChainId(sampleChainId, signal);
 
     expect(tokens).toBeUndefined();
   });
diff --git a/packages/assets-controllers/src/token-service.ts b/packages/assets-controllers/src/token-service.ts
index 614753acfa6..e0654597416 100644
--- a/packages/assets-controllers/src/token-service.ts
+++ b/packages/assets-controllers/src/token-service.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const defaultTimeout = tenSecondsInMilliseconds;
  * @param options.timeout - The fetch timeout.
  * @returns The token list, or `undefined` if the request was cancelled.
  */
-export async function fetchTokenList(
+export async function fetchTokenListByChainId(
   chainId: Hex,
   abortSignal: AbortSignal,
   { timeout = defaultTimeout } = {},